Very often as I follow the insects and other small creatures in my backyard, I come across a mystery. These aren’t truly mysteries, as I’m sure someone knows the answer, but in my research I am unable to find an answer as to why things are.
Take for example, this lacewing that I found recently in [...]
While shooting some shots this weekend, I found two flies ‘getting to know’ each other. The following shots tell a little story. Please note that these images may be inappropriate for some maggots.
If anyone knows the species for these flies, I would appreciate an ID.
This weekend one of my friends was nice enough to let me use his 40D to take pictures during several Halloween parties. Saturday and Sunday mornings, I decided to get a few macro pictures in, as the current estimates say I won’t have the 5D Mark II until the end of the month.
I took [...]
Several weeks ago I found this moth on the side of our shed.
Moths are especially difficult to identify, and I’m not exactly sure that I know what it is. None of my insect books had it, but that is the case for the majority of moths I come across.
Luckily, I came across this resource on [...]
Not too much too say today, so I thought I would post a few creepy crawly shots. I hope at least one of these grosses you out a bit, because otherwise I’m not doing my job.
I took all of these about two months ago shortly before shooting a house for Nelya. She didn’t [...]
OK, I have to admit that this book is not for everyone. Who should read this book? Hmmm… Well, if you’re not interested in carpenter ants, you can skip this review.
I happen to find carpenter ants quite interesting and one species of them - Camponotus Modoc, is very common around here. Therefore, when [...]
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Last weekend I had a chance in the morning to get out and take some photos. I found some interesting bugs, some of which I will blog about at later dates. After a bit of time I found an interesting moth on the side of my shed. Perhaps unfairly to the moth, I had an [...]
Recently I have been thinking a bit about combining shots to achieve a greater depth of field. When I noticed that some of the shots I took today of a spider with its prey were similar but had different parts in focus, I decided to give it a try. The following is the end result.
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This weekend we took quick runs through two of Seattle’s sights. First, we decided to spend some time at Discovery Park. This park is well known for a remote beach that contains lots of interesting marine life when the tides are down. To get there, you need to either walk a few miles, take a [...]
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For a long time, I felt that buying a monitor calibrator was something that I should do, but it wasn’t crucial. When I made my recent decision to focus more on print photography than on stock, I decided that it was now necessary to get a monitor calibrator. I decided to go with the Spyder [...]